Thread: A Shocking Question

Originally Posted by chazza

Lubricating springs is essential and any talk of grinding-paste ignores completely the fact that dry springs not only don't do the job they are supposed to, but they wear out anyway with a dry-grinding-dust,

Cheers Charlie

Yeah, I've always kind of wondered about that.....

Can I ask a stupid question here?

How do you get a 2" lift on leaf springs, particularly when half the spring pack has been removed ?

Don't tell me it's done with 4" longer shackles, without also explaining how the caster problems will be corrected.

I have just standard leaves with military shackles in my truck, and if I drive it up onto a ramp, regardless of how hard they seem, they still will travel from bump stop to fully extended shock absorber.
This tells me that the spring is exactly the right rate, or am I missing something?

Before I put parabolics on my old girl, every so often I would jack her up by the chassis for a weekend, then spray the springs with "Innox".
Not the pressure pack, but I would buy 5 litres of it, and use a spray bottle. The five litres will last you a life time..unless your under five years of age, and it works fantasticly.....it gets the springs moving freely...loosens the rust...etc, etc.
Parabolics are great...but "innox" is $50 and "Parabolics" are $750...so you make the choice

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Can I ask a stupid question here?

How do you get a 2" lift on leaf springs, particularly when half the spring pack has been removed ?

Don't tell me it's done with 4" longer shackles, without also explaining how the caster problems will be corrected.

Leaf over axle???

Originally Posted by dullbird

Leaf over axle???

That's at least a 4" lift.